Ruling · Vasantotsava · 2073

Friday 24 March

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 557 minutes.

Decide it for

44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two sunrises

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The sunrise is read as upper limb, 31′ + 16′.

Sunrise of Thursday 23 March

Pratipadā does not hold at sunrise. Not taken.

06:13 sunrise
05:0105:2505:4906:1306:3707:0107:25

Absent at sunrise

Sunrise of Friday 24 March

Taken. The only sunrise Pratipadā holds at.

06:11 sunrise
04:5905:2305:4706:1106:3506:5907:23

Holds at sunrise

Pratipadā presentSunrise, the instant the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 19:18 on Thu 23 Mar to 15:28 on Fri 24 Mar.

    2073-03-23T17:18:06Z → 2073-03-24T13:27:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sunrise is at 06:13 on the 23rd and 06:11 on the 24th.

    sunrise: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be current at sunrise. It is not on the 23rd and is on the 24th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one sunrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 33390 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vasantotsava, Bucharest, 2073: Friday 24 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Vasantotsava 2073 falls on Friday 24 March. Pratipadā runs from 19:18 on Thu 23 Mar to 15:28 on Fri 24 Mar and is current at sunrise that day.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2073/vasantotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 24 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 24 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 24 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/vasantotsava · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Pratipadā
Kāla
Sunrise
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“K 1 Vasantotsava (current at sunrise, if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the first day).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePratipadāSunrise 23rdCoveredSunrise 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:18 → 06:2806:52no06:51no23 Mar
Chicago12:18 → 08:2806:48no06:46holds24 Mar
Jersey City13:18 → 09:2806:54no06:52holds24 Mar
Port of Spain13:18 → 09:2806:08no06:08holds24 Mar
London17:18 → 13:2805:56no05:53holds24 Mar
Durban19:18 → 15:2806:02no06:02holds24 Mar
Dubai21:18 → 17:2806:20no06:19holds24 Mar
Delhi22:48 → 18:5806:22no06:20holds24 Mar
Kolkata22:48 → 18:5805:38no05:37holds24 Mar
Singapore01:18 → 21:2807:08no07:08holds24 Mar
Sydney04:18 → 00:2807:01no07:02holds24 Mar
Suva05:18 → 01:2806:11no06:11holds24 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
vasantotsava@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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